In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War 2 and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War 2 and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Well that certainly doesn't jive with the always reasonable "Obama hates America, is really a jihadist" narrative.

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War 2 and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Well that certainly doesn't jive with the always reasonable "Obama hates America, is really a jihadist" narrative.

He doesn't even say "Muslim" once. Not only is it taken out of context, it's incorrect.